Articles authored by Ron Carson

At a wedding I attended recently, one friend I expected to see was conspicuously absent. When I asked why he hadn’t come, his family told me he was embarrassed to show his face around them. He had moved all of his money from a brokerage account into an oil stock that was generating an 8% …

With President-Elect Trump moving quickly to enact his campaign promises, every financial advisor should be ready for potential regulatory change. If you don’t know how your registered investment advisor, broker-dealer or office of supervisory jurisdiction is prepared to react—and to deal with uncertainty in the meantime—change is likely to hit you with the impact of …

Let’s be honest. Building a sustainable business as a financial advisor isn’t easy. There’s no question you need to be exceptional at what you do. But, are you exceptional in how you do it? Do you run your business like a true CEO? Are you a respected, inspiring leader to your team? Or, do these …

Let’s be honest. Building a sustainable business as a financial advisor isn’t easy. There’s no question, you need to be exceptional at what you do. But, are you exceptional in how you do it? Do you run your business like a true CEO? Are you a respected, inspiring leader to your team? Or do these aspects of …

It took 38 years for radio to reach 50 million users—but just 13 years for TV, four years for the internet and 35 days for Angry Birds, as a recent report on the investment management industry by KPMG [i] points out.

When I first started my business, my wife Jeanie and I would usually schedule a week of vacation to have fun with the kids. I’d work my tail off to get caught up before we went. I was exhausted by the time we got there and was under pressure to have a good time. I …